atha kadÄcit kaÅ›cid vṛṣala-patir bhadra-kÄlyai puruá¹£a-paÅ›um ÄlabhatÄpatya-kÄmaḥ
atha - thereafter; kadÄcit - at some time; kaÅ›cit - some; vṛṣala-patiḥ - the leader of śūdras engaged in plundering the property of others; bhadra-kÄlyai - unto the goddess known as Bhadra KÄlÄ«; puruá¹£a-paÅ›um - an animal in the shape of a man; Älabhata - started to sacrifice; apatya-kÄmaḥ - desiring a son.
At this time, being desirous of obtaining a son, a leader of dacoits who came from a śūdra family wanted to worship the goddess Bhadra KÄlÄ« by offering her in sacrifice a dull man, who is considered no better than an animal.
Low-class men such as śūdras worship demigods like Goddess KÄlÄ«, or Bhadra KÄlÄ«, for the fulfillment of material desires. To this end, they sometimes kill a human being before the deity. They generally choose a person who is not very intelligent — in other words, an animal in the shape of a man.
